(1) Section 74 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting "6" for "3", and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2):

"(2A) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a person who had an entitlement to jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance for any day or days in the period of 14 consecutive days ending on the day before the first day on which, as a result of the injury, he or she is incapable of work.

(2B) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a person who had a period of incapacity for work immediately before, or not more than 3 days before the first day on which, as a result of the injury, he or she is incapable of work.".

(2) The amendments to section 74 of the Principal Act effected by subsection (1) come into operation on 6 January 2014 as respects a period, the first day of which occurs on or after 6 January 2014, during which as a result of an injury referred to in subsection (1) of section 74 a person is incapable of work.